CENTRALIZE

To develop pieces and pawns towards the centre where they can control the maximum number of squares.

” The essence of chess is thinking about what chess is.” David Bronstein
My chess method is without formulas, without orthodox thinking. I always explain that chess is an art and that there are no definite judgments. Lev Polugaevsky
1990 NIC
I don’t particularly like being searched electronically. It is inconceivable that such a thing would happen in any other sport. It is fundamentally anti-chess, and I think the people who are behind this decision need their heads looked at! They are sick! They are ruining the very beauty that is chess. Nigel Short
2016
Looks like I’m going to raise the average age of the field and lower the average rating! Garry Kasparov
2017
The competition in the men’s tournament has grown massively over the past 20 years. Chess is becoming more and more popular, and there are no weak teams in the tournament any longer. Andrey Filatov

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